JP7314777B2 - Coin handling equipment and cash handling equipment - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a coin handling device and a cash handling device, and is suitable for application to, for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) that allows a customer to insert banknotes and coins to carry out desired transactions.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, automatic teller machines and the like used in financial institutions, etc., have been widely used, for example, depositing cash such as banknotes and coins to customers and withdrawing cash to customers according to the content of transactions with customers. Some automatic teller machines include a coin processing device for processing coins. The coin processing apparatus includes, for example, a deposit/withdrawal unit for exchanging coins with a customer, a separating unit for separating accumulated coins one by one, a conveying unit for conveying coins, an identification unit (also called a recognition unit) for identifying the denomination and authenticity of inserted coins, and a storage unit for storing coins by denomination.

Among them, the separation unit includes, for example, a disc having a diameter sufficiently larger than that of coins and a stacking tank provided so as to form a space between one surface of the disc and a stacking space for stacking coins between the disc and the stacking tank. When the disk is rotated, the separation part picks up and separates the coins in the stacking space one by one by means of projections (claw-like members) erected on the surface of the disk, so that the coins can be sequentially delivered to a transport part or the like.

By the way, in the coin processing apparatus, there is a case where a foreign object other than coins, such as a clip, is thrown into the deposit/withdrawal unit due to customer's carelessness or the like. In the coin handling machine, the foreign objects thus thrown in reach the separating section from the depositing/dispensing section. At this time, there is a risk that the separation section will attempt to hand over the foreign matter to the conveyance section in the same manner as the coin, causing clogging.

Therefore, among coin processing devices, focusing on the fact that coins are made of non-magnetic metal, a magnet is provided on the central side of the disk in the separation section, and a foreign object having a magnetic material such as a clip is attracted to the magnet, thereby suppressing clogging (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-66373 (Fig. 1, etc.)

By the way, in the separating unit of the above-described coin processing apparatus, for example, every time one transaction processing is completed, a member called a flapper is positioned in a disc shape in the separating unit, and by rotating the disc in the reverse direction, the foreign matter attracted by the magnet is scraped out and discharged to the outside from a predetermined discharge port.

However, in such a separation unit, if there is a gap between the flapper and the disk, or if foreign matter is strongly attracted by a magnet, the foreign matter cannot be removed from the disk, and there is a risk that the foreign matter will hinder the coin separation process in subsequent transaction processing.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a coin processing apparatus and an automatic transaction apparatus capable of accurately removing foreign matter from accumulated coins with a simple configuration.

In order to solve this problem, the coin processing apparatus of the present invention includes a cover made of a non-magnetic material for forming a stacking space, a coin stacking section for stacking a plurality of coins in the stacking space, a separation feeding section for separating and feeding the coins stacked in the stacking space, a foreign matter attracting section for attracting foreign matter different from the coins accumulated in the stacking space, and a transition section for transitioning the state of at least a part of the foreign matter attracting section to approach or separate from the cover outside the stacking space. In the adsorption state in which the foreign matter adsorption part is brought close to the cover, the foreign matter in the stacking space is adsorbed to the adsorption position in the cover, and in the non-adsorption state in which the foreign matter adsorption part is separated from the cover, the adsorption of the foreign matter to the adsorption position is released.

Further, the cash handling apparatus of the present invention is provided with an operation unit for receiving user's operation and the above-described coin handling apparatus.

According to the present invention, when the transition portion places the foreign matter adsorption portion in the adsorption state, the foreign matter can be adsorbed to the adsorption portion of the cover in the stacking space, and when the transition portion causes the foreign matter adsorption portion to transition to the non-adsorption state, the adsorption of the foreign matter at the adsorption portion can be released. As a result, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily and reliably discharge the foreign matter that has been sucked to the suction portion of the cover to the outside of the stacking space through a predetermined discharge port or the like.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the simple structure can implement|achieve the coin processing apparatus and automatic transaction apparatus which can remove a foreign material from the accumulated coin accurately.

It is a rough-line perspective view which shows the structure of an automatic teller machine. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a coin processing device; FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing an external configuration of an upper separating portion; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing an external configuration of an upper separation section; FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of an upper separation section; FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the internal configuration of an upper separation section; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a discharge door open state; FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing opening and closing of the discharge door by the discharge door driving section; FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of a foreign object adsorption section and a transition section according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing interlocking between the tilting disk and the manual operation unit according to the first embodiment; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a rotation range of a foreign object adsorption section according to the first embodiment; 4A and 4B are schematic diagrams showing adsorption of a foreign object and release of adsorption according to the first embodiment; FIG. FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of a foreign object adsorption section and a transition section according to a second embodiment; FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a foreign object adsorption section and a transition section in an adsorption state according to the third embodiment; FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a foreign object adsorption section and a transition section in a non-adsorption state according to a third embodiment; FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of a foreign object adsorption section and a transition section according to a fourth embodiment; FIG. 11 is a schematic perspective view showing the configuration of a foreign object adsorption section and a transition section according to a fifth embodiment; FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a foreign object adsorption section and a transition section according to another embodiment;

EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Hereinafter, the form (it is mentioned as embodiment below) for implementing invention is demonstrated using drawing.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Configuration of automatic teller machine]
As shown in FIG. 1, an automatic teller machine 1 as a cash handling device is mainly composed of a box-shaped housing 2. It is installed, for example, in a financial institution or various commercial facilities, and performs cash-related transactions such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing with users (i.e., customers of financial institutions and commercial facilities).

The front side of the housing 2 is provided with a reception section 3 at a position where the user can easily insert bills or operate the touch panel while facing the user. The reception unit 3 directly exchanges, for example, cash and cards with the user, and receives information on transactions and operation instructions.

A passbook inlet/outlet 4 is a portion into which a passbook is inserted and ejected. A passbook processing unit (not shown) is provided at the far side of the passbook entrance/exit 4 to read magnetic information from a magnetic recording unit provided on the back cover of the passbook, etc., and to record the details of transactions in the passbook. The card inlet/outlet 5 is a portion into which various cards such as a cash card are inserted or ejected. A card processor (not shown) for reading account numbers and the like magnetically recorded on various cards is provided on the far side of the card inlet/outlet 5 .

The coin deposit/withdrawal port 6 is a portion into which coins deposited by the user are inserted and coins to be dispensed to the user are discharged. The banknote deposit/withdrawal port 7 is a portion into which banknotes deposited by the user are inserted and banknotes to be dispensed to the user are discharged. The coin deposit/withdrawal port 6 and bill deposit/withdrawal port 7 are opened or closed by driving shutters. The operation display unit 8 as an operation unit is a touch panel in which a liquid crystal display panel for displaying operation screens, transaction details, etc. during transactions and a touch sensor for detecting user's input operations are integrated.

Hereinafter, the side of the automated teller machine 1 facing the user is defined as the front side, the opposite side is defined as the rear side, the left and right sides as seen from the user facing the front side are defined as the left side and the right side, respectively, and the upper side and the lower side are defined and explained.

Inside the housing 2, there are provided a main control unit 9 that controls the entire automatic teller machine 1, a coin processing device 10 that performs various processes related to coins to be traded, and a banknote processing device (not shown) that performs various processes related to banknotes. The main control unit 9 is mainly composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) (not shown), and reads and executes a predetermined program from a ROM (Read Only Memory), a flash memory, etc. (not shown) to perform various processes such as deposit processing and withdrawal processing. The main control unit 9 also has a storage unit such as a RAM (random access memory), a hard disk drive, a flash memory, etc., and stores various information in this storage unit.

The coin processing device 10 has a shape similar to a rectangular parallelepiped as a whole, and is attached to the housing 2 via slide rails (not shown). A door (not shown) that can be opened and closed is provided on the front side or the rear side of the housing 2 . Therefore, in the automatic teller machine 1, when maintenance work or the like is performed, the coin processing device 10 can be positioned outside the housing 2 or housed inside the housing 2 by opening the door on the front side or the rear side of the housing 2 and sliding the coin processing device 10 forward or backward.

[1-2. Configuration of coin processing device]
As shown in the schematic right side view of FIG. 2, the coin processing device 10 has a coin processing device housing 11 with a plurality of parts that perform various processes related to coins. This coin is made of a non-magnetic material having sufficient strength, such as an alloy of copper and nickel or aluminum, and is formed into a thin disc shape. Incidentally, the coin processing apparatus 10 is supposed to handle a plurality of types of coins having different diameters and thicknesses.

In the inside of the coin handling device housing 11, a deposit/withdrawal unit 13, a chute unit 14, an upper separating unit 15, a recognition conveying unit 16, a delivery unit 17, a pin belt conveying unit 18, six stackers 21, a dispensing conveying unit 22, and a temporary holding unit 23 are provided in a relatively upper part or near the center. Inside the coin processing apparatus housing 11, a coin control unit 12, a replenishment collection box 24, a first replenishment reject box 25, a second refill reject box 26, a reject box 27, a non-taken-out box 28, and a lower separation part 29 are provided relatively on the lower side.

The coin control unit 12, similar to the main control unit 9, is mainly composed of a CPU (not shown). By reading out and executing a predetermined program from a ROM, a flash memory, etc. (not shown), the coin control unit 12 performs various processes related to deposit transactions, withdrawal transactions, etc., and centrally controls the coin processing device 10. The coin control section 12 also has a storage section such as a RAM and a flash memory inside, and stores various information in this storage section.

The deposit/withdrawal unit 13 deposits coins to the user or dispenses coins to the user by delivering coins to and from the user. The deposit/withdrawal unit 13 has a container 13A having an opening on the upper side for containing coins, a shutter 13B for opening and closing the opening, and a sensor (not shown) for detecting the presence or absence of coins in the container 13A.

When a user throws a coin into the container 13A with the shutter 13B opened, the coin deposit/withdrawal unit 13 closes the shutter 13B, delivers the coin from the container 13A to the chute 14, lowers the chute 14, and reaches the upper separation unit 15.例文帳に追加When a coin is conveyed from a pin belt conveying section 18, which will be described later, with the shutter 13B closed, the coin depositing/dispensing section 13 accommodates the coin in the container 13A and then opens the shutter 13B for the user to receive the coin.

The upper separating section 15 is composed of a stacking/separating section 15A which occupies a relatively large volume on the lower side, and a separating/transporting section 15B formed so as to protrude upward from the stacking/separating section 15A. The upper separating part 15 stacks coins in the stacking/separating part 15A, separates the coins one by one, transports them upward by the separating/transporting part 15B, transports them backward along the transport path, and delivers them to the recognition transporting part 16.例文帳に追加

The recognition/conveying unit 16 is positioned on the right side of the chute unit 14, picks up an image while conveying the coin, and determines whether or not the coin can be handled based on the denomination, authenticity, degree of damage, etc. of the coin based on the obtained image signal. After that, the recognition/conveying unit 16 notifies the coin control unit 12 of the obtained determination result as the recognition result of the coin, and delivers the coin to the delivery unit 17 . The delivery unit 17 delivers the coin received from the recognition transportation unit 16 to the pin belt transportation unit 18 .

The pin belt conveying unit 18 surrounds the front lower, lower, rear, and upper sides of the stacker unit 21 with a front pin belt conveying unit 18F, a lower pin belt conveying unit 18L, a rear pin belt conveying unit 18R, and an upper pin belt conveying unit 18U, respectively, to form a conveying route for conveying coins. The pin-belt conveying unit 18 is composed of a conveying guide that abuts against the surface of the coin and guides the coins along the conveying route, and a pin belt that runs generally along the conveying route. The pin belt is provided with a pin that biases the coin from the trailing end thereof in the conveying direction. The pin belt conveying unit 18 can convey the coins received from the delivery unit 17 along the conveying path and discharge them into the container 13</b>A of the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 by running the pin belt.

Further, the pin belt conveying section 18 is provided with branching sections 19 for branching the coin conveying path at a plurality of locations in the front lower and lower portions of the stacker section 21 . A guide portion 30 for guiding coins is provided on the left side of each branch portion 19 .

Each branching section 19 has a rotatable guide plate, an actuator, and the like (none of which are shown), and by rotating the guide plate based on the control of the coin control section 12, switches whether the coin continues to advance along the pin belt conveying section 18 or is branched to each guide section 30. Each guiding unit 30 advances coins to the replenishment collection box 24, the first replenishment reject box 25 or the second refill reject box 26, the temporary holding part 23, the reject box 27, the non-taken-out receiving box 28, and the like.

Furthermore, the pin belt conveying section 18 is provided with stacker branching sections 20 at six locations above the six stacker sections 21 . A guide portion 31 for guiding coins to the stacker portion 21 is provided on the left side of each stacker branch portion 20 . Each stacker branching section 20 is configured in the same manner as each branching section 19, and by rotating the guide plate based on the control of the coin control section 12, it is switched whether the coin continues to advance along the pin belt conveying section 18 or is branched to each stacker section 21.

The stacker part 21 is associated with coins of a predetermined denomination, respectively, and has a guide part 31 provided on the upper side, a stacking part 32 for stacking coins under the guide part 31 so as to be vertically stacked, and a feeding part 33 for feeding coins from the bottom side of the stacking part 32. - 特許庁When the stacker section 21 receives the coin conveyed by the pin belt conveying section 18 from the stacker branch section 20, the coin is guided to the stacking section 32 by the guide section 31 and stacked. Under the control of the coin control unit 12, the stacker unit 21 feeds out the coins stacked in the stacking unit 32 one by one by the feeding unit 33, and drops the coins to the payout transport unit 22 or the temporary storage unit 23 below.

The withdrawal conveying unit 22 is located on the right side of the pin belt conveying unit 18, that is, on the front side of the paper surface in FIG. In addition, the coin disbursement conveying section 22 has a belt conveying mechanism including a belt, pulleys, etc. incorporated in its bottom portion, and the coins fed out from the stacker section 21 are placed or accumulated on the belt. The payout conveying part 22 drops the coins to a temporary holding part 23 on the front side by running the upper part of the belt forward while the coins are placed or accumulated on the belt.

The temporary holding part 23 has a configuration in which the rear end of the money dispensing transport part 22 is lowered and the front end is raised, and left and right side plates are formed in a triangular shape. Therefore, the temporary storage unit 23 places or stacks the coins fed from the stacker unit 21 or the coins transported from the dispensing transport unit 22 on the belt in the internal space. In addition, the temporary storage part 23 runs the upper part of the belt obliquely upward in a state where the coins are placed or accumulated on the belt, thereby delivering the coins to the front upper separating part 15 and dropping them inside.

The replenishment collection box 24 has a stacking section for stacking coins therein, a transport mechanism for transporting the coins stacked in the stacking section, and the like. The replenishment/recovery box 24 accumulates the coins guided by the guide section 30 and feeds out the accumulated coins rearward to deliver them to the lower separating section 29 . The first replenishment reject box 25 and the second replenishment reject box 26 each have a space for stacking coins therein, and stack coins guided by the guide section 30 . The reject box 27 and the non-taken box 28 each have a space for stacking coins therein, and stack the coins guided by the guide section 30 .

The lower separation section 29 is arranged at a position adjacent to the rear side of the replenishment collection box 24 . The lower separation section 29 has a configuration similar to that of the upper separation section 15 , but differs from the upper separation section 15 in the mounting direction with respect to the coin processing apparatus housing 11 . The lower separation part 29 receives coins from the replenishment collection box 24, accumulates them inside, separates the accumulated coins one by one, conveys them upward one by one, and discharges them into the temporary storage part 23. - 特許庁

[1-3. Conveyance of coins in various processes]
Next, various processes associated with coin transport in the coin processing apparatus 10, that is, coin transport and stacking in deposit processing and payout processing will be described. Here, each process in the coin processing device 10 when deposit transactions and withdrawal transactions are performed between the automatic teller machine 1 and a customer will be described.

When a deposit transaction is performed with a user in an automated teller machine 1 (FIG. 1), the coin processing apparatus 10 counts the number of coins deposited by the user while recognizing the denomination of the coins, etc., by the preceding deposit counting process, and transports and stores each coin to an appropriate storage location by the succeeding deposit storage process. Specifically, when the user inserts coins into the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 in the deposit counting process in the preceding stage, the coin processing apparatus 10 sequentially passes the chute unit 14, the upper separating unit 15, the recognition conveying unit 16, the delivery unit 17, and the pin belt conveying unit 18, and stores the coins in the temporary holding unit 23.

At this time, the coin processing device 10 sums up the deposit amount based on the recognition result of each coin by the recognition conveying part 16, displays it on the operation display part 8 (FIG. 1), and allows the user to select whether to continue or cancel the deposit transaction. When the user selects the continuation, the coin processing device 10 performs the subsequent deposited money storage processing, and when the user selects the cancellation, the coin processing device 10 stops the depositing transaction, and returns the coin to the depositing/dispensing unit 13 in the same manner as the dispensing processing described later.

The coin processing apparatus 10 conveys and accumulates coins from the temporary holding section 23 to the stacker section 21 through the upper separating section 15, the recognition conveying section 16, the delivery section 17, the pin belt conveying section 18, and the stacker branching section 20 in sequence in the subsequent deposit collection process. At this time, the coin processing apparatus 10 conveys the coin to the stacker section 21 according to the denomination of the coin based on the recognition result of each coin by the recognition conveying section 16 .

Also, when a payment transaction is performed with the user in the automatic teller machine 1 (FIG. 1), the coin processing device 10 carries coins of the amount instructed by the user to the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 and dispenses the money. Specifically, when the coin processing device 10 receives an operation input indicating that a withdrawal transaction is to be started or an operation input of a withdrawal amount from the user via the operation display unit 8 (FIG. 1), the coin processing device 10 starts withdrawal processing, causes the denomination and number of coins corresponding to the withdrawal amount to be dispensed from each stacker unit 21, and stacks them in the temporary holding unit 23 via the disbursement conveying unit 22. Subsequently, the coin processing apparatus 10 sequentially passes the coin through the temporary holding section 23, the upper separating section 15, the recognition conveying section 16, the delivery section 17, and the pin belt conveying section 18, conveys the coin to the deposit/withdrawal section 13, stores the coin, and allows the user to receive the coin.

Incidentally, the coin processing apparatus 10 can perform a replenishment process of replenishing coins from the replenishment collection box 24 to the stacker section 21, and a collection process of collecting coins from the stacker section 21 to the replenishment collection box 24, in addition to the deposit processing and the payment processing.

[1-4. Configuration of Upper Separation Unit]
Next, the configuration of the upper separating section 15 will be described. As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 3 and a schematic front side view and a right side view in FIGS. 4A and 4B, the upper separation section 15 has a separation section frame 40 located at the center or left side of the whole, and the lower stacking and separating section 15A and the upper separating and conveying section 15B are integrally formed. The separation unit frame 40 is formed by appropriately cutting and bending a metal plate-like member, and a plurality of gears, shafts, motors, and other parts are incorporated therein.

[1-4-1. Configuration of Accumulation Tank and Inclined Disk]
Various parts such as a stacking tank 41 and an inclined disk 45 are attached to a portion of the separating unit frame 40 corresponding to the stacking/separating unit 15A. As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, which are the A1-A2 cross-sectional view and the B1-B2 cross-sectional view in FIG. 4, respectively, the inclined disk 45 is formed in a disk shape as a whole, and the disk surface 45S, which is the right surface, is inclined so as to face the upper right side, and is rotatably supported about the inclined disk central axis 45X. Incidentally, in FIGS. 5A and 5B, some parts are simplified or omitted for convenience of explanation.

The accumulation tank 41 as a cover is positioned on the right side of the inclined disk 45 and is constructed as a molded part made of, for example, a predetermined resin material. The collecting tank 41 has a three-dimensional shape in which the central axis of the bowl as a whole is inclined so as to coincide with the central axis 45X of the inclined disk.

The stacking tank 41 forms a space (hereinafter referred to as a coin stacking space 50) with the disk surface 45S on the right side of the inclined disk 45, and generally covers the disk surface 45S. A receiving opening 41A having a relatively large opening is formed on the rear upper side of the collecting tank 41, and is connected to the chute portion 14 and the temporary storage portion 23 (FIG. 2). The upper separation section 15 stacks the coins CN in the coin stacking space 50 when the coins CN are delivered from the chute section 14 or the temporary storage section 23 through the receiving opening 41A.

Incidentally, the upper separation unit 15 is designed so that when the maximum number of coins CN that can be handled in one transaction (for example, 100) is thrown into the deposit/withdrawal unit 13 and drops through the chute unit 14, the coins CN are accumulated in the generally lower half of the coin stacking space 50, that is, in a range generally below the center of the disk surface 45S. Further, the upper separating section 15 is provided with a sensor (not shown) that detects whether or not one or more coins CN are accumulated (accommodated) in the coin accumulation space 50, and notifies the coin control section 12 of the obtained detection result.

As shown in FIG. 6 which is a cross-sectional view taken along line C1-C2 in FIG. 4, a discharge port 41B is formed in the lower portion of the stacking tank 41 to allow the coin stacking space 50 to communicate with the outside space. Further, the upper separation section 15 is provided with a discharge door 42, a discharge door driving section 43, and a discharge duct 44 in the vicinity of the discharge port 41B.

The discharge door 42 has a plate-shaped door portion 42A capable of closing the discharge port 41B of the stacking tank 41, and a door support portion 42B erected on the right side of the door portion 42A (that is, the opposite side of the coin stacking space 50). Of these, the door support portion 42B has a rotary shaft hole 42BH formed in the vicinity of the upper end thereof, which is a round hole that penetrates in the front-rear direction, and a groove-shaped groove portion 42BD formed generally along the front-rear direction on the rear side surface.

The stacking tank 41 rotatably supports an elongated columnar door rotating shaft 42F along the front-rear direction outside the coin stacking space 50 and on the upper right side of the discharge port 41B. The door rotating shaft 42F is inserted through the rotating shaft hole 42BH of the discharge door 42. As shown in FIG. Therefore, by rotating the discharge door 42 about the door rotation shaft 42F with respect to the accumulation tank 41, the discharge port 41B is closed (FIG. 5B), or the discharge port 41B is opened as shown in FIG.

The ejection door drive unit 43 is located outside the coin stacking space 50 in the stacking tank 41 and behind the ejection port 41B, and is composed of a combination of an ejection door drive motor 43M, an ejection door drive disk 43D, and a plurality of gears. The discharge door drive disk 43D is configured in a disk shape with a central axis extending in the front-rear direction, and an interlocking pin 43P is erected near the outer periphery on the front side thereof. As shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, which are cross-sectional views taken along line D1-D2 in FIG. Also, the discharge duct 44 is provided generally below the discharge port 41B, and is adapted to advance the coins CN from the discharge port 41B in the lower right direction by combining a plurality of plate-like members.

With such a configuration, when the ejection door drive motor 43M is driven under the control of the coin control unit 12, the ejection door drive unit 43 transmits a driving force through gears (not shown) and rotates the ejection door drive disk 43D integrally with the interlocking pin 43P. At this time, the interlocking pin 43P moves vertically in the groove 42BD and applies leftward or rightward force to the inner surface of the groove 42BD to turn the discharge door 42 about the door turning shaft 42F.

When the discharge door driving disk 43D is rotated clockwise in FIG. 5B, the discharge door drive unit 43 brings the discharge door 42 into the discharge port closed state (FIG. 8A). At this time, the coins CN can be stacked in the coin stacking space 50 in the upper separating section 15 . Further, when the discharge door drive disk 43D is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 5B, the discharge door drive unit 43 brings the discharge door 42 into the discharge port open state (FIGS. 7 and 8B). Accordingly, in the upper separation section 15, the coins CN and the like accumulated in the coin accumulation space 50 can be discharged downward from the discharge port 41B. At this time, the coins CN or the like ejected from the ejection port 41B descend along the ejection duct 44 and are ejected to the outside from the front ejection port 2H (FIG. 1) provided on the front surface of the housing 2. FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5A, the inclined disk 45 as a rotating body is formed in a disk shape having a diameter sufficiently larger than that of the coin CN, and the disk surface 45S, which is the surface on the right side, is formed substantially flat. Incidentally, the inclined disk 45 is manufactured, for example, by cutting a metal plate having a relatively high hardness. The inclined disk 45 is inclined such that the central axis 45X of the inclined disk is oriented upward with respect to the horizontal direction, specifically diagonally upward to the right. For this reason, the disk surface 45S is inclined such that the upper portion is slightly tilted to the left with respect to the vertical direction.

Further, the inclined disk 45 is rotatably supported around an inclined disk central axis 45X, and is supplied with a driving force from a disk driving section 46. As shown in FIG. A disk driving portion 46 as a rotating body driving portion is configured by a combination of a motor, gears, and the like. Therefore, when the driving force is supplied from the disk drive unit 46 based on the control of the coin control unit 12, the inclined disk 45 rotates about the central axis 45X of the inclined disk in the direction of arrow R1 (clockwise in FIG. 5, hereinafter also referred to as forward rotation direction) or in the opposite direction of arrow R2 (hereinafter also referred to as reverse rotation direction).

A disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 is provided with a plurality of separation projections 47 projecting obliquely upward to the right, which is the normal direction. The separation protrusion 47 divides the outer periphery of the inclined disk 45 into a plurality of parts substantially evenly, and is attached to a portion slightly inwardly away from the outer periphery of the disk surface 45S.

The separation projection 47 is configured in a shape similar to a rectangular parallelepiped as a whole, and more specifically, has a wedge-like shape in which the inner peripheral side is narrower than the outer peripheral side. That is, the separation protrusion 47 is relatively long in the radial direction connecting the central axis 45X of the inclined disk and the outer periphery 45T on the disk surface 45S, relatively short in the circumferential direction, and sufficiently short (that is, thin) in the left-right direction. Further, the length (thickness) of the separation protrusion 47 in the left-right direction is equal to or less than the thickness of one coin.

Further, the oblique disk 45 is formed with notches 48 which are cut out from the outer periphery toward the center at seven locations near the seven separation projections 47 on the outer periphery. The notch 48 has a shape similar to a triangle with the outer circumference 45T of the inclined disk 45 as one side when viewed from the right direction, and is substantially adjacent to the separation projection 47 in the vicinity of the vertex of the inclined disk 45 near the central axis 45X of the inclined disk.

In addition, a total of seven coin separation areas 45A are formed in the inclined disk 45 between the separation projections 47 adjacent to each other and inside the outer circumference 45T. For convenience of explanation, only one coin separating area 45A is surrounded by a dashed line in FIG. 5(A).

In the inclined disk 45, the length and interval of each part are appropriately set so that one coin CN can be accommodated in a state in which the plate surface (that is, the front surface or the rear surface) of the inclined disk 45 faces and contacts the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 (hereinafter referred to as a surface contact state) in one coin separation area 45A, while two or more coins CN are not in the surface contact state.

In addition to this, the oblique disk 45 is provided at the periphery of each notch 48 on the disk surface 45S, that is, in the vicinity of the outer periphery. The residual stirring projection 49 has a cylindrical shape as a whole, and its central axis is directed obliquely upward to the right from the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45, along the normal direction of the disk surface 45S. Further, the residual stirring projections 49 have the same height as the separation projections 47 from the disk surface 45S.

[1-4-2. Configuration of Conveyor and Pin Belt, and Separation of Coins]
Further, in the upper separating section 15, a conveying section 51, which is a part of the separating conveying section 15B, is arranged above the front portion of the inclined disk 45. As shown in FIG. The conveying section 51 forms a conveying path W that curves upward from the vicinity of the front end of the inclined disc 45 and eventually toward the rear by a plurality of conveying guides such as a front conveying guide 52, left conveying guides 53 and 54, a rear conveying guide 55, and a right conveying guide 56. A groove 59 along the coin transport path is formed between the left transport guides 53 and 54 on the left side of the transport path W in the transport part 51 .

On the other hand, a belt pulley 61 is arranged on the left side of the inclined disc 45 inside the separating section frame 40 (FIG. 5). The belt pulley 61 is formed in the shape of a flat disk as a whole, and its diameter is slightly smaller than the diameter of the inclined disk 45 . The belt pulley 61 rotates integrally with the inclined disk 45 . A plurality of pulleys (not shown) having a sufficiently smaller diameter than the belt pulley 61 are also arranged above the belt pulley 61 in the upper separation section 15 .

Further, a belt 65 is provided in the upper separating section 15 . The belt 65 is an endless belt made of a flexible material such as resin or rubber, and is stretched so as to contact the belt pulley 61 and the peripheral side surfaces of each pulley. Further, the belt 65 runs inside the groove portion 59 in the conveying portion 51 .

Pins 66 are attached to the belt 65 at predetermined intervals. The pin 66 is formed in a columnar shape with its central axis oriented substantially parallel to the inclined disk central axis 45X, and its right end (that is, tip) protrudes to the right from the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 and reaches a position substantially equal to the right surface of the separation projection 47. Below, the belt 65 and the plurality of pins 66 are also collectively referred to as a pin belt.

In the upper separating portion 15 , the mounting intervals and mounting positions of the pins 66 on the belt 65 are set according to the positions of the notch portions 48 on the inclined disk 45 . Therefore, when the belt 65 is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the belt pulley 61, the protruding portion of the pin 66 enters the notch portion 48 of the inclined disk 45 and is positioned in the notch portion 48 near the center axis 45X of the inclined disk, that is, near the separation projection 47.

When the inclined disk 45 rotates about the central axis 45X of the inclined disk, the pin 66 moves in an arc with the rotation of the inclined disk 45 and the belt pulley 61 while remaining in the notch 48. Further, the pin 66 advances along the transport path W in the groove part 59 in a state in which the vicinity of the right end thereof protrudes into the transport path W in the transport part 51 .

With such a configuration, the upper separation unit 15 separates the coins CN one by one by the upstream stacking/separating unit 15A under the control of the coin control unit 12 in a state where the coins CN are stacked in the coin stacking space 50, and performs the separating process to deliver the separated coins to the downstream separating/conveying unit 15B.

Specifically, the upper separation section 15 first rotates the inclined disc 45 in the direction of arrow R1 (ie, forward rotation direction) by the driving force supplied from the disc driving section 46 (FIG. 5). As a result, the upper separation section 15 appropriately agitates the coins stacked in the coin stacking space 50 by the separation protrusions 47, hooks the coins CN one by one on the separation protrusions 47, and stores the coins CN in the coin separation area 45A. At this time, the left disk surface of the coin CN is brought into contact with the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45, and part of the peripheral side on the trailing side (the part on the side opposite to the advancing direction, for example, the rear side when the coin CN advances forward) is brought into contact with the rear separation projection 47, and the lower part is brought into contact with the inner side surface of the accumulation tank 41.

Further, the upper separation unit 15 continues to rotate the inclined disk 45 so that the left disk surface of the coin CN is brought into contact with the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45, and the peripheral side surface of the coin CN is kept in contact with the separation projection 47 and the accumulation tank 41, while sliding along the inner surface of the accumulation tank 41 and lifting the coin CN forward and upward.

Eventually, when the coin CN reaches the vicinity of the front end of the inclined disk 45, the upper separation part 15 causes the front end portion of the coin CN to abut against the rear side surface of the front conveying guide 52, and the separation projection 47 applies force from the rear lower side to the front upper direction of the coin CN. As a result, the upper separation section 15 moves the coin CN upward while causing the front end of the coin CN to slide along the left conveying guides 53 and 54 as the inclined disk 45 rotates.

When the inclined disk 45 continues to rotate, the upper separation unit 15 shifts from the state in which the left side surface of the coin CN is in contact with the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 to the right side surface of the left conveying guides 53 and 54, that is, in the state in which they are in contact. At this time, in the upper separating section 15, when the center of the coin CN passes through the boundary between the disk surface 45S and the left conveying guides 53 and 54f, the coin CN is transferred from the inclined disk 45 of the stacking/separating section 15A on the upstream side to the conveying section 51 of the separating conveying section 15B on the downstream side.

After that, the upper separation part 15 further runs the belt 65 to cause the pins 66 to contact the rear and lower sides of the coins CN from the separation projections 47 to exert a force, and further pull the pins 66 away from the separation projections 47 to advance upward along the grooves 59. - 特許庁As a result, the upper separating section 15 can advance the coin CN upward along the conveying path W, and then convey the coin CN backward and deliver it to the recognition conveying section 16 (FIG. 2).

[1-4-3. Configuration of Manual Operation Unit, Suction Switching Unit, and Foreign Matter Suction Unit]
In addition to this configuration, the upper separation section 15 is provided with a manual operation section 70 at a position in front of or below the collecting tank 41 and the inclined disk 45 (FIGS. 3 to 6). As shown in a schematic perspective view of FIG. 9, the manual operation unit 70 includes a manual operation unit frame 71, a rotating shaft 72, an interlocking gear 73, an operation knob 74, and the like.

The manual operation unit frame 71 is manufactured by, for example, cutting and bending a thin steel plate as appropriate, and is attached to the separation unit frame 40 (FIG. 3, etc.). The manual operation unit frame 71 has a central portion 71C, a right portion 71R and a left portion 71L. The central portion 71C is formed in the shape of a thin plate that is thin in the vertical direction and long in the horizontal direction.

The right side portion 71R is formed in the shape of a thin plate that is thin in the left-right direction and long in the up-down direction. Like the right side portion 71R, the left side portion 71L is formed in the shape of a thin plate that is thin in the horizontal direction and elongated in the vertical direction.

The rotating shaft 72 is configured in an elongated columnar shape along the left-right direction, and near the right end it is inserted through a shaft hole 71RH of the right side portion 71R and is rotatably supported, and near the left end it is inserted through a shaft hole 71LH of the left side portion 71L and is rotatably supported. That is, the rotary shaft 72 can freely rotate with respect to the manual operation section frame 71 . Incidentally, the rotation shaft 72 is provided with a retaining member (not shown) so that it does not fall out of the shaft holes 71RH and 71LH.

The interlocking gear 73 has a shape in which a plurality of cylinders are connected in the left-right direction with their central axes aligned in the left-right direction. Further, the interlocking gear 73 has gear teeth (gears) formed on a part of the circumferential surface thereof.

On the other hand, as shown in a schematic perspective view of FIG. 10, the disc drive unit 46 meshes a disc drive gear 46G attached to the output shaft of a disc drive motor 46M with the gear 45G of the inclined disc 45. As shown in FIG. The disk drive gear 46G is also meshed with the interlocking gear 73 .

The operation knob 74 is configured by connecting a plurality of discs with their central axes aligned in the left-right direction and further combining small rectangular solid shapes, and is attached to the right end of the rotation shaft 72 on the right side of the right side portion 71R.

With such a configuration, when the upper separation unit 15 drives the disk drive motor 46M of the disk drive unit 46 (FIG. 10) to rotate the gear 45G integrally with the inclined disk 45 in the direction of arrow R1 (that is, the forward rotation direction), the manual operation unit 70 rotates the rotating shaft 72 in the direction of arrow R1. Further, when the upper separation section 15 drives the disk driving motor 46M to rotate the gear 45G integrally with the inclined disk 45 in the direction of arrow R2 (that is, in the reverse direction), the manual operation section 70 rotates the rotating shaft 72 in the direction of arrow R2.

Incidentally, the manual operation unit 70 is used when an operator manually rotates the inclined disk 45 in maintenance work or the like. For example, in the separation process of the coins CN, the upper separation section 15 stops the rotation of the inclined disc 45 when a plurality of coins CN overlap in the conveyance path W of the conveyance section 51 and clogging occurs. At this time, when the operation knob 74 is rotated in any direction by the operation of the maintenance worker to generate a driving force, the upper separation unit 15 transmits this driving force to the inclined disk 45 via the interlocking gear 73 or the like, rotates the inclined disk 45 in any direction, and causes the belt 65 to run. As a result, the separation projection 47, the pin 66, and the like can be moved in the upper separation section 15, and clogging can be resolved.

Further, the manual operation unit 70 is provided with a torque limiter 75 and a foreign object adsorption unit 76 . The torque limiter 75 is inserted through the rotating shaft 72 and attached to the foreign matter attracting portion 76 , and transmits part of the driving force from the rotating shaft 72 to the foreign matter attracting portion 76 .

The foreign matter attracting portion 76 ( FIG. 9 ) is composed of a movable bracket 77 , a magnet 78 and a magnet holding member 79 . The movable bracket 77 is made of, for example, a non-magnetic metal material such as stainless steel, and is formed by cutting and bending a plate-shaped material as appropriate to form a shape in which a right side portion 77R, a left side portion 77L, a connecting portion 77C, and a magnet holding portion 77D are connected to each other.

Both the right side portion 77R and the left side portion 77L have their plate surfaces oriented in the left-right direction, and the rotating shafts 72 are inserted through insertion holes 77RH and 77LH formed in the respective portions. The connecting portion 77C (FIG. 10) has a plate surface facing generally in the front-rear direction, and is connected to the right side portion 77R and the left side portion 77L. The magnet holding portion 77D, like the connecting portion 77C, has a plate surface generally facing in the front-rear direction, is connected to the right side portion 77R and the left side portion 77L, and is positioned on the rear side of the magnet 78. As shown in FIG.

Further, the movable bracket 77 (FIG. 9) is provided with rotation restricting portions 77M1 and 77M2 on the rear lower side and the front lower side of the right side portion 77R, respectively. The rotation restricting portions 77M1 and 77M2 are formed on the outer peripheral portion of the right side portion 77R, and project outward from the insertion hole 77RH more than other portions.

The magnet 78 is, for example, a neodymium magnet, and is formed in a columnar shape with a center axis generally along the front-rear direction. The magnet 78 is magnetized so that the front side surface and the rear side surface (that is, disk surface) are magnetic poles, respectively, and the front side surface faces the magnet holding portion 77D of the movable bracket 77. As shown in FIG.

The magnet holding member 79 as the magnetic body of the attraction section is made of a metal material having magnetism, and is formed by cutting a steel plate into a predetermined shape and bending it appropriately. The magnet holding member 79 forms a small rectangular parallelepiped space whose rear side is open, and by positioning the magnet 78 in this space, magnetic bodies are arranged on the front side, left and right sides, and above and below the magnet 78 to function as a yoke. The magnet holding member 79 is attached to the movable bracket 77 and holds the magnet 78 together with the movable bracket 77 .

On the other hand, the manual operation unit frame 71 is provided with a rotation limiter 71M on the upper surface of the central portion 71C. The rotation limiter 71M is configured in the shape of a relatively small rectangular parallelepiped. The rotation limiter 71M limits the rotation range of the foreign matter attracting portion 76 by coming into contact with the rotation limiting portion 77M1 or 77M2 of the movable bracket 77 when the foreign matter attracting portion 76 rotates about the rotation shaft 72.

Specifically, when the rotating shaft 72 rotates in the arrow R1 direction, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 receives a driving force for rotating in the arrow R1 direction from the rotating shaft 72 via the torque limiter 75 . At this time, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 11A, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 rotates about the rotation shaft 72 in the direction of the arrow R1, and stops when the rotation restricting portion 77M1 contacts the rotation limiter 71M. At this time, the foreign object attracting portion 76 positions the magnet 78 almost directly above the rotating shaft 72 (hereinafter referred to as an attracting state).

After that, while the rotating shaft 72 is rotating in the direction of the arrow R1, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 continues to transmit the driving force rotating in the direction of the arrow R1 from the rotating shaft 72 to the torque limiter 75. However, since the rotation limiting portion 77M1 is brought into contact with the rotation limiter 71M, the torque limiter 75 "slips" and the suction state is maintained. Further, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 also maintains the attracting state when the rotation of the rotary shaft 72 stops.

On the other hand, when the rotating shaft 72 rotates in the arrow R2 direction, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 receives a driving force for rotating in the arrow R2 direction from the rotating shaft 72 via the torque limiter 75 . At this time, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 11B, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 rotates about the rotating shaft 72 in the direction of arrow R2, and stops when the rotation restricting portion 77M2 contacts the rotation limiter 71M. At this time, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 positions the magnet 78 in front of the rotating shaft 72 (hereinafter referred to as a non-attracting state).

After that, while the rotation shaft 72 is rotating in the direction of the arrow R2, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 continues to transmit the driving force rotating in the direction of the arrow R2 from the rotation shaft 72 to the torque limiter 75. However, since the rotation limiting portion 77M2 is in contact with the rotation limiter 71M, the torque limiter 75 "slips" and the non-adhering state is maintained. Further, when the rotation of the rotating shaft 72 is stopped, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 also maintains the non-adhering state.

In this manner, the manual operation unit 70, the torque limiter 75, and the foreign matter attracting portion 76 can rotate the foreign matter attracting portion 76 with the rotation of the rotating shaft 72, thereby transitioning the foreign matter attracting portion 76 to the attracting state or the non-absorbing state. For convenience of explanation, the manual operation portion 70 and the torque limiter 75 are collectively referred to as a transition portion 80 hereinafter.

[1-4-4. Adsorption of Foreign Matter and State Transition]
Next, adsorption of foreign matter by the foreign matter adsorption section 76 in the upper separation section 15 and switching of the state of the foreign matter adsorption section 76 will be described. As described above, when the upper separation unit 15 performs the separation process of separating and feeding the coins CN accumulated in the coin accumulation space 50 one by one, the inclined disc 45 rotates in the direction of the arrow R1 (FIG. 5A), that is, in the normal rotation direction, under the control of the coin control unit 12.

At this time, the transition portion 80 receives a driving force from the disk driving gear 46G (FIG. 10) of the disk driving portion 46 through the interlocking gear 73, rotates the rotary shaft 72 in the direction of arrow R1, and accordingly rotates the foreign object suction portion 76 in the direction of arrow R1. As a result, in the upper separation section 15, the foreign object suction section 76 is in the suction state as shown in FIG. 12(A). At this time, the magnet 78 is extremely close to the accumulation tank 41 .

As a result, in the upper separating section 15, for example, when a foreign matter made of a magnetic material such as a clip (hereinafter referred to as a foreign matter J) is accumulated in the coin stacking space 50 together with the coins CN, the foreign matter J can be attracted to the vicinity of the magnet 78 on the inner peripheral surface of the accumulation tank 41 as shown in FIG. 12(B). Below, a portion of the inner surface of the accumulation tank 41 to which the magnet 78 is close and to which the foreign matter J is attracted is referred to as an attraction portion 41P.

This suction point 41P is located between the lower end of the coin stacking space 50 and the conveying part 51 in the vertical direction, and is located above the upper end when the maximum number of coins CN (for example, 100) that can be stacked in the coin stacking space 50 in the stacking tank 41 are stacked. The suction point 41P is set in the vicinity of the point through which the coin CN carried toward the conveying unit 51 by the separation projection 47 passes in the left-right direction, and is set at a position spaced apart from the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 by the thickness of one coin CN or more.

When the upper separation unit 15 eventually separates and feeds out all the coins CN accumulated in the coin accumulation space 50, it rotates the inclined disk 45 in the direction of arrow R2, that is, in the reverse direction, under the control of the coin control unit 12. At this time, the transition portion 80 receives a driving force from the disk driving gear 46G (FIG. 10) of the disk driving portion 46 through the interlocking gear 73, rotates the rotary shaft 72 in the direction of arrow R2, and accordingly rotates the foreign object suction portion 76 in the direction of arrow R2. As a result, in the upper separating section 15, as shown in FIG. 12(C), the foreign matter attracting section 76 is brought into a non-adhering state. At this time, the magnet 78 is separated from the attraction point 41P of the accumulation tank 41 .

As a result, in the upper separation section 15, the magnetic force of the magnet 78 hardly reaches the foreign matter J attracted to the attraction point 41P of the accumulation tank 41, and the foreign matter J descends along the inner surface of the accumulation tank 41 due to the action of gravity. Further, the upper separation section 15 drives the discharge door driving section 43 (FIG. 3, etc.) to rotate the discharge door 42 based on the control of the coin control section 12, thereby transitioning to the discharge port open state. As a result, the upper separation section 15 discharges the foreign matter J descending from the suction point 41P out of the coin stacking space 50 through the discharge port 41B, further descends along the discharge duct 44, and discharges the foreign matter J to the outside from the front discharge port 2H (FIG. 1) of the housing 2.

[1-5. effects, etc.]
In the above configuration, the coin processing device 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment is provided with the foreign object adsorption section 76 in the upper separation section 15, and the manual operation section 70 to which the driving force is transmitted from the disk drive section 46 and the torque limiter 75 constitute the transition section 80 (FIGS. 9 and 10).

Therefore, in the upper separation section 15, simply by rotating the inclined disk 45 in the normal direction during the separation process, the foreign matter adsorption section 76 can be shifted to the adsorption state, and the magnet 78 can be positioned near the adsorption point 41P (FIG. 12A). As a result, the upper separation unit 15 can attract the magnetic foreign matter J existing in the coin stacking space 50 to the attraction point 41P (FIG. 12B), so that it is possible to prevent the foreign matter J from being conveyed to the conveying unit 51 and causing clogging, or from being conveyed to the downstream side of the recognition conveying unit 16 and causing various problems.

In the upper separation unit 15, the suction point 41P is provided near the front end of the inclined disk 45, that is, at a position close to the path along which the coin CN caught by the separation protrusion 47 on the disk surface 45S advances to the conveying unit 51 as the inclined disk 45 rotates (FIG. 12, etc.). As a result, in the upper separating portion 15, the foreign matter J that is about to move toward the conveying portion 51 together with the coin CN by being caught by the separation protrusion 47 or the coin CN can be satisfactorily attracted to the suction portion 41P.

Furthermore, in the upper separating section 15, the suction point 41P is set above the upper end of the stacking tank 41 when the maximum number of coins CN (for example, 100) that can be stacked in the coin stacking space 50 are stacked. As a result, in the upper separation part 15, after the foreign matter J is attracted to the attraction point 41P, the coins CN accumulated in the coin accumulation space 50 and stirred with the rotation of the inclined disk 45 collide with the foreign matter J, and the foreign matter J can be prevented from being separated from the attraction point 41P.

Moreover, in the upper separating portion 15, the suction point 41P is set at a position spaced from the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 in the left-right direction by a thickness of one coin CN or more (FIG. 5(B), etc.). As a result, in the upper separation section 15, when the foreign matter J is attracted to the attraction point 41P, the foreign matter J can be prevented from falling or being conveyed to the transportation section 51 due to collision between the foreign matter J and the coin CN advancing to the transportation section 51 by the separation projection 47 of the inclined disk 45 or the separation projection 47.

In the upper separation section 15, after the separation process is completed, the foreign matter adsorption section 76 can be shifted to the non-adsorption state and the magnet 78 can be separated from the adsorption location 41P simply by rotating the inclined disk 45 in the reverse direction (FIG. 12(C)). As a result, the upper separation part 15 separates the foreign matter J adsorbed at the adsorption point 41P from the adsorption point 41P, lowers it along the inner surface of the accumulation tank 41, and discharges it to the outside of the coin accumulation space 50 from the discharge port 41B.

In other words, in the upper separation section 15, even if the foreign matter J is strongly attracted to the attraction point 41P by the magnetic force of the magnet 78, the foreign matter J can be very easily detached from the attraction point 41P by the action of gravity simply by shifting the foreign matter attraction section 76 to the non-adsorption state, and there is no fear of leaving the foreign matter J at the attraction point 41P.

Furthermore, in the upper separation unit 15, the inclined disk 45 is rotated in the reverse direction after the separation process is completed, so that the separation projection 47 and the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 can be advanced toward the discharge port 41B in the vicinity of the path along which the foreign matter J descends from the suction point 41P. Therefore, in the upper separation section 15, when the foreign matter J descending from the suction point 41P along the inner surface of the accumulation tank 41 shifts leftward and abuts or is caught by the separation projection 47 or the disk surface 45S, the foreign matter J can be actively advanced to the discharge port 41B.

In addition to this, in the upper separation section 15, the movable bracket 77 of the foreign matter attracting section 76 is inserted into the rotating shaft 72 of the manual operation section 70, and the driving force is transmitted from the rotating shaft 72 to the movable bracket 77 via the torque limiter 75 (FIG. 10, etc.). Therefore, in the upper separating section 15, there is no need to provide a dedicated actuator or the like for changing the state of the foreign matter attracting section 76, and the driving force supplied from the existing disk driving section 46 can be used.

In addition, since the torque limiter 75 is used in the upper separation unit 15, the foreign object adsorption unit 76 can transition to the adsorption state at the timing when the separation process is started and the tilted disk 45 starts to rotate in the forward direction, and the foreign matter adsorption unit 76 can transition to the non-adsorption state at the timing when the tilted disk 45 starts to rotate in the reverse direction at the end of the separation process. That is, in the upper separation section 15, the foreign matter adsorption section 76 can be maintained in the adsorption state and the foreign matter can be adsorbed to the adsorption portion 41P unless the inclined disk 45 is rotated in the reverse direction while the separation process is being performed.

Further, in the upper separation section 15, a movable bracket 77 of a foreign object adsorption section 76 is inserted through a rotating shaft 72 for interlocking an operation knob 74 with the inclined disk 45 (FIGS. 9 and 10). Therefore, in the upper separation section 15, the foreign object adsorption section 76 can be changed to the adsorption state or the non-adsorption state by simply rotating the operation knob 74 in the forward or reverse direction by the maintenance worker or the like in maintenance work or the like without performing other operations.

According to the above configuration, the coin processing device 10 of the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment is provided with the foreign object adsorption section 76 in the upper separation section 15, and the manual operation section 70 to which the driving force is transmitted from the disk drive section 46 and the torque limiter 75 constitute the transition section 80. Therefore, the upper separation section 15 can shift the foreign matter adsorption section 76 to the adsorption state and adsorb the foreign matter J to the adsorption portion 41P simply by rotating the inclined disk 45 in the normal direction during the separation process. In addition, the upper separation section 15 can shift the foreign matter adsorption section 76 to a non-adsorption state by simply rotating the inclined disk 45 in the reverse direction after the separation process is completed, and can detach the foreign matter J from the adsorption location 41P, lower it, and discharge it to the outside from the discharge port 41B.

[2. Second Embodiment]
The automatic teller machine 201 (FIG. 1) according to the second embodiment differs from the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a coin processing device 210 instead of the coin processing device 10, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. A coin processing device 210 (FIG. 2) differs from the coin processing device 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has a coin control unit 212 and an upper separation unit 215 instead of the coin control unit 12 and the upper separation unit 15, but is otherwise configured in the same manner.

The coin control unit 212 has a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, etc. like the coin control unit 12 according to the first embodiment, and controls the coin processing device 210 in an integrated manner. However, the coin control unit 212 performs processing that is partially different from that of the coin control unit 12 .

As shown in FIG. 13 corresponding to FIG. 9, the upper separation section 215 differs from the upper separation section 15 according to the first embodiment in that it has a solenoid 275 and a foreign matter attracting portion 276 instead of the torque limiter 75 and the foreign matter attracting portion 76, and that the rotation limiter 71M of the manual operation portion frame 71 is omitted. The foreign matter attracting portion 276 differs from the foreign matter attracting portion 76 in that it has a movable bracket 277 instead of the movable bracket 77, but is otherwise configured in the same manner.

The solenoid 275 can move the output shaft 275B forward and backward with respect to the body portion 275A under the control of the coin control portion 212 . A hole 275BH penetrating in the left-right direction is formed in the vicinity of the front end of the output shaft 275B, and an interlocking shaft 275C is inserted therethrough. Also, in this second embodiment, the manual operation portion 70 and the solenoid 275 are collectively referred to as a transition portion 280 .

Unlike the movable bracket 77, the movable bracket 277 does not have the rotation restricting portions 77M1 and 77M2 (FIG. 9), but is provided with an interlocking portion 277M. The interlocking portion 277M has a hole (not shown) penetrating in the left-right direction, and the interlocking shaft 275C of the solenoid 275 is inserted therethrough.

With such a configuration, the upper separation section 215 can shift the foreign matter adsorption section 276 to the same adsorption state (FIGS. 12A and 12B) or the non-adsorption state (FIG. 12C) by driving the solenoid 275 of the transition section 280.

That is, the upper separation section 215 can cause the foreign matter J to be adsorbed to the adsorption portion 41P by shifting the foreign matter adsorption section 276 to the adsorption state by the transition section 280 at the start of the separation process based on the control of the coin control section 212. In addition, the upper separation section 215 can move the foreign matter adsorption section 276 to the non-adsorption state by the transition section 280 at the end of the separation process, thereby lowering the foreign matter J from the adsorption location 41P and ejecting it from the ejection port 41B.

Further, in the upper separating section 215 , the rotation of the inclined disc 45 and the transition of the state of the foreign matter attracting section 276 can be controlled independently of each other by the control of the coin control section 212 . Therefore, in the upper separation section 215, for example, when the coins CN are clogged, the inclined disc 45 can be rotated in the reverse direction while the foreign matter adsorption section 276 is in the adsorption state and the foreign matter is adsorbed to the adsorption portion 41P.

In other respects, the upper separation section 215 can provide the same effects as the first embodiment, except that the state of the foreign object adsorption section 76 is changed by the transition section 80 in conjunction with the rotation of the inclined disk 45.

According to the above configuration, the coin processing device 210 of the automated teller machine 201 according to the second embodiment includes the foreign matter adsorption section 276 in the upper separation section 215 and the transition section 280 configured by the manual operation section 70 and the solenoid 275 . Therefore, by driving the solenoid 275 of the transition section 280, the upper separation section 215 can shift the foreign matter adsorption section 76 to the adsorption state during the separation process and adsorb the foreign matter J to the adsorption location 41P. In addition, the upper separation section 215 can transition the foreign matter adsorption section 76 to the non-adsorption state after the separation process is completed, so that the foreign matter J can be satisfactorily detached from the adsorption portion 41P, lowered, and discharged to the outside from the discharge port 41B.

[3. Third Embodiment]
The automatic teller machine 301 (FIG. 1) according to the third embodiment differs from the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a coin processing device 310 instead of the coin processing device 10, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. A coin handling machine 310 (FIG. 2) differs from the coin handling machine 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has an upper separating section 315 instead of the upper separating section 15, but is otherwise configured in the same manner.

As shown in the schematic front and right side views of FIGS. 14A and 14B, the upper separation section 315 differs from the upper separation section 15 according to the first embodiment in that it has a foreign matter adsorption section 376 instead of the foreign matter adsorption section 76, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. The foreign matter attracting portion 376 differs from the foreign matter attracting portion 76 in that it has a movable bracket 377 that replaces the movable bracket 77 and that it is provided with a magnetic shielding portion 390. However, other points are the same. Incidentally, FIGS. 14A and 14B show how the foreign matter adsorption portion 376 has transitioned to the adsorption state. Further, in the third embodiment, the manual operation section 70 and the torque limiter 75 are collectively referred to as a transition section 80 as in the first embodiment.

The movable bracket 377 is different from the movable bracket 77 according to the first embodiment in that it has an interlocking protrusion 377P, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. The interlocking protrusion 377P is a thin plate in the left-right direction, and is formed in an inverted trapezoidal shape with the lower base shorter than the upper base when viewed in the left-right direction, and the rear edge thereof is inclined so as to connect the rear upper side and the front lower side. The interlocking projection 377P is provided on the upper rear side of the right side portion 377R of the movable bracket 377. As shown in FIG.

The magnetic shielding part 390 is arranged behind the foreign matter attracting part 376 , that is, between the foreign matter attracting part 376 and the accumulation tank 41 , and is composed of a magnetic shielding plate 391 , a rotating shaft 392 , a spring 393 and a stopper 394 .

The magnetic shielding plate 391 as the magnetic body of the attraction section is made of a soft magnetic material, and formed into a thin plate that is thin in the front-rear direction and long in the left-right direction. The magnetic shielding plate 391 is inserted in the vicinity of the right end thereof by a rotating shaft 392 extending in the front-rear direction, so that the magnetic shielding plate 391 can rotate about the rotating shaft 392 . The spring 393 is a so-called coil spring, and has an upper end attached to the separator frame 40 (FIG. 3, etc.) and a lower end attached to a mounting hole 391H drilled near the left end of the magnetic shield plate 391 . The spring 393 is stretched from its natural state, and urges the vicinity of the left end of the magnetic shielding plate 391 upward by the action of restoring force. The stopper 394 is attached to a predetermined location on the front side surface of the collection tank 41 .

With such a configuration, when the foreign matter attracting portion 376 is in the attracting state (FIG. 14), the upper separating portion 315 causes the interlocking protrusion 377P of the movable bracket 377 to rotate the magnetic shielding plate 391 so as to push it downward, thereby retracting the magnetic shielding plate 391 to a position away from between the magnet 78 and the accumulation tank 41.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 15A and 15B corresponding to FIGS. 14A and 14B, when the foreign matter attracting portion 376 is in the non-adhering state, the upper separating portion 315 separates the interlocking projection 377P from the magnetic shielding plate 391 and rotates the magnetic shielding plate 391 upward by the restoring force of the spring 393 to abut on the stopper 394. As a result, the magnetic shielding part 390 can shield the magnetism of the magnet 78 by positioning the magnetic shielding plate 391 between the magnet 78 and the attraction point 41P, and reduce the magnetic force of the magnet 78 reaching the attraction point 41P.

As a result, in the upper separation section 315, even if the magnetic force of the magnet 78 is increased compared to the first embodiment, the foreign matter J can be reliably released from the attraction point 41P in the non-adhered state, and the foreign matter J can be lowered in the accumulation tank 41 and discharged from the discharge port 41B.

In the upper separation section 315, even if the magnet 78 cannot be sufficiently separated from the stacking tank 41 when the foreign matter attracting section 376 is shifted to the non-adhering state due to size restrictions or the like, the magnetism of the magnet 78 can be shielded by the magnetic shielding plate 391 of the magnetic shielding section 390, and the attraction of the foreign matter J at the attraction point 41P can be released.

In other points as well, the upper separating portion 315 according to the third embodiment can achieve the same effects as those of the first embodiment.

According to the above configuration, the coin processing device 310 of the automatic teller machine 301 according to the third embodiment is provided with the foreign matter attracting section 376 and the transition section 80 in the upper separation section 315 as well as with the magnetic shielding section 390 . Therefore, the upper separation section 315 can shift the foreign matter adsorption section 376 to the adsorption state and retreat the magnetic shielding plate 391 to adsorb the foreign matter J to the adsorption location 41P simply by rotating the inclined disk 45 in the normal direction during the separation process. In addition, the upper separation section 315 can shift the foreign matter adsorption section 376 to the non-adsorption state, position the magnetic shielding plate 391 between the magnet 78 and the adsorption location 41P, release the adsorption of the foreign matter J at the adsorption location 41P, lower it, and discharge it to the outside from the discharge port 41B simply by rotating the inclined disk 45 in the reverse direction after the separation process is completed.

[4. Fourth Embodiment]
The automatic teller machine 401 (FIG. 1) according to the fourth embodiment differs from the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a coin processing device 410 instead of the coin processing device 10, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. A coin handling machine 410 (FIG. 2) differs from the coin handling machine 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has an upper separating section 415 instead of the upper separating section 15, but is otherwise configured in the same manner.

As shown in a schematic perspective view of FIG. 16A, the upper separating portion 415 differs from the upper separating portion 15 according to the first embodiment in that it has an interlocking gear 475 and a foreign matter attracting portion 476 instead of the torque limiter 75 and the foreign matter attracting portion 76, but has the same configuration in other respects. For convenience of explanation, FIG. 16A schematically shows a simplified shape of each part. Also, FIG. 16A shows a state where the discharge door 42 is in the discharge port closed state.

The interlocking gear 475 is formed in a disc shape with a center axis extending in the front-rear direction, and is fixed near the front end of the door rotating shaft 42F. Gear teeth (gears) are formed on the circumferential surface of the interlocking gear 475 . Therefore, the interlocking gear 475 can rotate integrally with the ejection door 42 and the door rotation shaft 42F when the ejection door 42 that receives the driving force from the ejection door drive unit 43 rotates. Further, in this fourth embodiment, the door rotating shaft 42F and the interlocking gear 475 are collectively referred to as a transition portion 480. As shown in FIG.

The foreign matter attracting portion 476 is composed of a bracket 477 , a magnet 78 and a sector gear 479 . The fan-shaped gear 479 has a shape as if a fan-shaped part is taken out of a disc having a central axis extending in the front-rear direction. The fan-shaped gear 479 has a shaft hole 479H formed in a portion corresponding to the center of the disk, and a rotating shaft 479X is inserted through the shaft hole 479H. The rotating shaft 479X is attached to the separation unit frame 40 (FIG. 3, etc.). Therefore, the sector gear 479 can rotate around the rotation shaft 479X. Further, the fan-shaped gear 479 has gear teeth formed on its peripheral surface and meshes with the interlocking gear 475 .

A bracket 477 is attached to the front side surface of the sector gear 479 . The bracket 477 is formed in the shape of an elongated rectangular parallelepiped along the radial direction from the rotation center of the sector gear 479 . A magnet 78 is attached near the end of the rear side surface of the bracket 477 in the radial direction (that is, the side far from the rotation center of the sector gear 479).

With such a configuration, when the discharge door 42 is in the discharge port closed state (FIG. 16A), the upper separation section 415 positions the magnet 78 relatively to the left side and brings it close to the suction point 41P (not shown) of the accumulation tank 41, thereby bringing the foreign matter suction section 476 into the suction state.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 16(B) corresponding to FIG. 16(A), when the upper separation unit 415 is supplied with the driving force from the discharge door driving unit 43, the discharge door 42 rotates about the door rotation shaft 42F and transitions to the discharge port open state. At this time, as the door rotating shaft 42F and the interlocking gear 475 rotate integrally with the discharge door 42, the upper separation unit 415 rotates the foreign matter attracting unit 476 to move the magnet 78 rightward, thereby moving the magnet 78 away from the attracting point 41P (not shown) of the collecting tank 41 to a non-attracting state.

That is, the upper separation section 415 can transition the foreign matter adsorption section 476 to the adsorption state (FIG. 16A) or the non-adsorption state (FIG. 16B) in conjunction with the opening and closing of the discharge door 42 by the transition section 480 .

By the way, in the non-attracted state (FIG. 16(B)), the upper separating portion 415 moves the magnet 78 rightward from the position at which it is in the attracted state (FIG. 16(A)). On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6 and the like, the accumulation tank 41 is inclined so as to approach the center of the inclined disk 45 as it advances to the right. Therefore, in the non-attracted state, the upper separation portion 415 can move the magnet 78 to the right from the attracted state, so that the magnet 78 can be largely separated from the inner surface of the accumulation tank 41, and the attraction of the foreign matter J to the attraction point 41P can be reliably released.

In other respects, the upper separation section 415 can provide the same effects as the first embodiment, except that the state of the foreign object adsorption section 76 is changed by the transition section 80 in conjunction with the rotation of the inclined disk 45.

According to the above configuration, the coin processing device 410 of the automatic teller machine 401 according to the fourth embodiment includes the foreign matter adsorption portion 476 in the upper separation portion 415, and the transition portion 480 is configured by the door rotating shaft 42F of the discharge door 42 and the interlocking gear 475. Therefore, the upper separation section 415 can cause the foreign matter adsorption section 476 to transition to the adsorption state during the separation process by closing the ejection door 42, thereby adsorbing the foreign matter J to the adsorption portion 41P. In addition, the upper separation section 415 rotates the discharge door 42 after the separation process is completed to transition to the discharge port open state, thereby shifting the foreign matter adsorption section 476 to the non-adsorption state, canceling the adsorption of the foreign matter J at the adsorption portion 41P, and discharging it to the outside from the discharge port 41B.

[5. Fifth Embodiment]
The automatic teller machine 501 (FIG. 1) according to the fifth embodiment differs from the automatic teller machine 1 according to the first embodiment in that it has a coin processing device 510 instead of the coin processing device 10, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. A coin processing device 510 (FIG. 2) differs from the coin processing device 10 according to the first embodiment in that it has an upper separation section 515 instead of the upper separation section 15, but is otherwise configured in the same manner.

As shown in a schematic perspective view of FIG. 17A, the upper separation portion 515 differs from the upper separation portion 15 according to the first embodiment in that it has an interlocking disk 575 and a foreign matter attracting portion 576 instead of the torque limiter 75 and the foreign matter attracting portion 76, and furthermore has a spring 579 and an angle restricting portion 590, but is otherwise configured in the same manner. Note that FIG. 17A corresponds to FIG. 16A and shows a state in which the discharge door 42 is in the discharge port closed state.

The interlocking disk 575 is composed of a disk portion 575D and an interlocking shaft 575P. The disc portion 575D is formed in a disc shape with a central axis extending in the front-rear direction, and is fixed near the front end of the door rotating shaft 42F. The interlocking shaft 575P is formed in an elongated cylindrical shape with a central axis along the front-rear direction, and stands upright in the front direction near the front end of the front disc surface of the disc portion 575D.

Therefore, the interlocking disk 575 can rotate integrally with the ejection door 42 and the door rotation shaft 42F when the ejection door 42 receives the drive force from the ejection door drive unit 43 and rotates. At this time, the interlocking disk 575 can change its position in the horizontal direction while changing the position in the vertical direction of the interlocking shaft 575P as it rotates.

The foreign matter attracting portion 576 is composed of a bracket 577 and a magnet 78 . The bracket 577 has an elongated rectangular parallelepiped or quadrangular prism shape extending generally in the vertical direction, and a circular insertion hole 577H is formed in the vicinity of the lower end of the bracket 577 so as to penetrate in the horizontal direction. The rotary shaft 72 of the manual operation unit 70 is inserted through the insertion hole 577H.

Therefore, the bracket 577 can freely move along the rotating shaft 72 (that is, along the horizontal direction). At this time, the bracket 577 can be rotated around the rotation shaft 72 and tilted so that the upper end side is tilted forward or rearward. Incidentally, the rotating shaft 72 can freely rotate inside the insertion hole 577H without applying a force to the bracket 577 in the rotating direction.

A magnet 78 is attached near the upper end of the rear side surface of the bracket 577 . Furthermore, near the center in the vertical direction on the front side surface of the bracket 577, a projection 577P in the shape of a relatively small cylinder with its central axis extending in the front-rear direction is erected toward the front.

The spring 579 is a coil spring, and has its right end engaged with the projection 577P of the bracket 577 and its left end engaged with a predetermined engagement portion (not shown) provided on the separator frame 40 . Since this spring 579 is stretched from its natural state, it biases the bracket 577 leftward via the projection 577P.

Therefore, the left side surface of the bracket 577 is brought into contact with the vicinity of the right end of the interlocking shaft 575P of the interlocking disc 575 . Further, when the position of the interlocking shaft 575P in the left-right direction changes as the interlocking disk 575 rotates, the bracket 577 can move in the left-right direction along the rotation shaft 72 while maintaining contact with the interlocking shaft 575P.

The angle regulating portion 590 is composed of a cam plate 591 and a shaft 592 . The cam plate 591 is formed in a plate-like shape that is thin in the vertical direction and long in the horizontal direction, and has a cam hole 591H penetrating in the vertical direction near the center thereof. The cam hole 591H is formed generally along the left-right direction, but is bent in a crank shape by locally forming a portion inclined generally in the front-rear direction near the center thereof. Specifically, the cam hole 591H advances rightward from the left end, bends obliquely to the right rearward, advances slightly, and then advances rightward again.

The shaft 592 is configured in an elongated cylindrical shape generally along the vertical direction, stands downward from the lower end of the bracket 577, that is, from the lower side of the insertion hole 577H, and is inserted into the cam hole 591H of the cam plate 591. Therefore, the angle of inclination of the bracket 577 about the rotation shaft 72 changes according to the position of the cam hole 591H through which the shaft 592 is inserted, and the magnet 78 attached near the upper end of the bracket 577 changes the position of the magnet 78 in the front-rear direction. In this fifth embodiment, the door rotating shaft 42F, the rotating shaft 72, the interlocking disk 575, the spring 579, and the angle restricting portion 590 are collectively referred to as a transition portion 580.

With such a configuration, when the discharge door 42 is in the closed state of the discharge port (FIG. 17A), the upper separation section 515 positions the magnet 78 relatively to the left and rear side, and brings it close to the suction point 41P (not shown) of the accumulation tank 41, thereby bringing the foreign matter suction section 576 into the suction state.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 17(B) corresponding to FIG. 17(A), when the upper separation portion 515 is supplied with the driving force from the discharge door driving portion 43, the discharge door 42 rotates about the door rotation shaft 42F and transitions to the discharge port open state. At this time, the upper separating portion 515 moves the foreign matter attracting portion 576 rightward as the door rotating shaft 42F and the interlocking disk 575 rotate integrally with the discharge door 42 . At this time, the upper separating portion 515 rotates the foreign matter attracting portion 576 in the direction of the arrow R2 because the portion through which the shaft 592 is inserted is displaced rearward in accordance with the shape of the cam hole 591H in the angle restricting portion 590 . As a result, the upper separating section 515 moves the magnet 78 of the foreign matter attracting section 476 to the right and forward to move away from the attracting point 41P (not shown) of the stacking tank 41 to a non-adhering state.

That is, the upper separation section 515 can transition the foreign matter adsorption section 576 to the adsorption state (FIG. 17A) or the non-adsorption state (FIG. 17B) in conjunction with the opening and closing of the discharge door 42 by the transition section 580 .

In the non-attracted state, the upper separating portion 515 moves the magnet 78 rightward from the attracted state as in the fourth embodiment, and also moves forward by the angle regulating portion 590 . Therefore, the upper separating portion 515 can separate the magnet 78 from the inner surface of the stacking tank 41 more than in the fourth embodiment, and can reliably release the foreign matter J from being attracted to the attraction point 41P.

In other respects, the upper separation section 515 can provide the same effects as the first embodiment, except that the state of the foreign object adsorption section 76 is changed by the transition section 80 in conjunction with the rotation of the inclined disk 45.

According to the above configuration, the coin processing device 510 of the automatic teller machine 501 according to the fifth embodiment is provided with the foreign matter adsorption portion 576 in the upper separation portion 515, and the transition portion 580 is configured by the door rotation shaft 42F of the discharge door 42, the rotation shaft 72, the interlocking disk 575, the spring 579, and the angle regulation portion 590. For this reason, the upper separation section 515 can shift the foreign matter adsorption section 576 to the adsorption state during the separation process by closing the ejection door 42 and adsorb the foreign matter J to the adsorption portion 41P. In addition, the upper separation unit 515 rotates the discharge door 42 after the separation process is completed to transition to the discharge port open state, thereby transitioning the foreign matter adsorption unit 576 to the non-adsorption state, canceling the adsorption of the foreign matter J at the adsorption location 41P, and discharging it to the outside from the discharge port 41B.

[6. Other embodiments]
In the above-described first, second, and third embodiments, a case has been described in which the foreign matter attracting portion 76 and the like are moved to the attracting state or the non-attracting state by rotating the movable bracket 77 and the like about the rotation shaft 72. In the fourth embodiment, a case has been described in which bracket 477 is rotated integrally with fan-shaped gear 479 about rotary shaft 479X to cause foreign matter adsorption portion 476 to transition between the adsorption state and the non-adsorption state. Furthermore, in the fifth embodiment, a case has been described in which the foreign matter attracting portion 576 is shifted to the attracting state or the non-adsorbing state by moving and rotating the bracket 577 along the rotating shaft 72 . However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various mechanisms may be used to shift the foreign matter adsorption portion 76 and the like to the adsorption state or the non-adsorption state. The point is that the magnet 78 can be positioned near the attraction point 41P in the attraction state, while the magnet 78 can be positioned far from the attraction point 41P in the non-attraction state.

Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the torque limiter 75 is attached to the rotation shaft 72 of the manual operation unit 70 and the movable bracket 77 of the foreign matter attracting unit 76 is inserted has been described (FIGS. 9 and 10). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the torque limiter 75 may be attached to various other rotary shafts that rotate in conjunction with the inclined disk 45, and the movable bracket 77 of the foreign matter attracting portion 76 may be inserted therethrough. The same applies to the third embodiment. Further, in the second embodiment, the movable bracket 77 may be inserted through various columnar components that can be used as the rotation shaft of the foreign object adsorption section 76 regardless of whether they rotate.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the interlocking gear 73 is directly meshed with the disk driving gear 46G to directly transmit the driving force of the disk driving portion 46 to the rotating shaft 72 to rotate it has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a predetermined intermediate gear (not shown) may be meshed with the gear 45G of the inclined disk 45 meshing with the disk drive gear 46G, and the interlocking gear 73 may be meshed with this intermediate gear. In this case, since the interlocking gear 73 is indirectly meshed with the disk driving gear 46G, the driving force of the disk driving portion 46 can be indirectly transmitted to the rotating shaft 72 to rotate it. The same applies to the third embodiment.

Furthermore, in the second embodiment described above, the case where the movable bracket 277 is rotated by moving the output shaft 275B of the solenoid 275 in the front-rear direction has been described (FIG. 13). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a driving force may be generated by other various methods such as transmitting a driving force from a predetermined motor to the movable bracket 277 via a gear or the like to rotate the movable bracket 277, and the driving force may be transmitted to the movable bracket to rotate it.

Furthermore, in the above-described third embodiment, a case has been described in which the magnetic shielding plate 391 is rotated in conjunction with the rotation of the movable bracket 377 to switch whether to shield the magnetism of the magnet 78 (FIGS. 14 and 15). However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, like the upper separation portion 615 shown in FIG.

Furthermore, in the third embodiment described above, the case where the position of the magnet 78 is changed and the position and posture of the magnetic shielding plate 391 are changed when the foreign matter attracting portion 376 is changed to the attracting state or the non-attracting state has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the position and attitude of the magnetic shielding plate 391 may be changed while the position of the magnet 78 is fixed.

Furthermore, in the above-described fourth embodiment, a case has been described in which the magnet 78 is moved by rotating the bracket 477 in conjunction with the rotation of the discharge door 42, thereby causing the foreign matter attracting portion 476 to transition between the attracting state and the non-attracting state. Further, in the fifth embodiment, a case has been described in which the magnet 78 is moved by moving the bracket 577 in the horizontal direction in conjunction with the rotation of the discharge door 42, so that the foreign matter attracting portion 576 transitions between the attracting state and the non-attracting state. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the magnet 78 may be moved by moving the bracket 477 or the like in the vertical direction.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the suction point 41P is provided in the vicinity of the front end of the inclined disk 45 has been described (FIGS. 5, 12, etc.). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the suction points 41P may be provided at various points between the discharge port 41B and the conveying section 51 in the accumulation tank 41 . However, in this case, it is desirable to provide the suction point 41P above the upper end when the maximum number of coins CN that can be stored in the coin stacking space 50 are stacked. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the suction point 41P is set at a position spaced from the disk surface 45S of the inclined disk 45 in the left-right direction by the thickness of one coin CN or more has been described (FIG. 5(B), etc.). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the suction point 41P may be set at various positions in the left-right direction, for example, at a position spaced apart from the disk surface 45S by a thickness of two coins CN or more. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the foreign matter attracting portion 76 (FIGS. 9 and 10) except for the rear side of the magnet 78 is covered with the magnet holding member 79 made of a magnetic material, and the magnet holding portion 77D of the movable bracket 77 made of a non-magnetic material is positioned on the rear side of the magnet 78. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, at least one of the magnet holding member 79 and the magnet holding portion 77D may be omitted, or various portions of the magnet 78 may be covered with the magnet holding member 79. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the accumulation tank 41 is made of a non-magnetic resin material has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the accumulation tank 41 may be made of various non-magnetic materials such as stainless steel and ceramics. In this case, it is sufficient if the material has sufficient magnetic permeability. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, a case has been described in which a transition to the discharge port closed state or the discharge port open state is made by rotating the discharge door 42 (FIG. 6). However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the discharge door 42 may be moved (slid) in the left-right direction or in the front-rear direction, or combined with other motions such as rotation, thereby transitioning to the discharge port closed state or the discharge port open state. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, when a transaction process such as a deposit transaction is performed in the automatic teller machine 1, after all the deposit processes are completed in the coin processing device 10, the inclined disk 45 is rotated in the reverse direction in the upper separation section 15 to shift the foreign matter adsorption section 76 to the non-adsorption state. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when all the coins CN stacked in the coin stacking space 50 have been fed out, such as when the deposited money counting process in the coin processing apparatus 10 is completed, the inclined disk 45 may be rotated in the reverse direction to shift the foreign object adsorbing section 76 to the non-suction state. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the upper separating section 15 of the coin processing device 10 (FIG. 2) has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to the lower separating portion 29, for example. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the present invention is applied to the upper separation unit 15 incorporated in the coin processing device 10 of the automated teller machine 1 (FIG. 1) that performs various transactions with the user was described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be applied to, for example, the lower separating section 29 of the coin processing device 10 (FIG. 2). Alternatively, the present invention may be applied to various devices that handle coins, such as a cash management device that is installed in a store of a financial institution, etc., and performs processes such as counting and sorting coins according to the operation of staff members of the financial institution. The same applies to the second to fifth embodiments.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above and other embodiments. That is, the scope of the present invention also extends to embodiments obtained by arbitrarily combining part or all of each of the above-described embodiments and other embodiments described above, and to embodiments in which a part is extracted.

Furthermore, in the above-described first embodiment, the case where the coin handling apparatus 10 as a coin handling apparatus is configured by the stacking/separating section 15A as the coin stacking section and the separating and feeding section, the foreign matter adsorption section 76 as the foreign matter adsorption section, and the transition section 80 as the transition section has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the coin processing apparatus may be configured by a coin stacking section, a separation feeding section, a foreign matter adsorption section, and a transition section having various configurations.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used, for example, in an automated teller machine or the like that processes coin transactions with users.

1, 201, 301, 401, 501... automatic teller machine, 2H... front discharge port, 8... operation display unit, 9... main control unit, 10, 210, 310, 410, 510... coin processing unit, 12, 212... coin control unit, 15, 215, 315, 415, 515... upper separation unit, 15A... stacking/separating unit, 15B... separating and conveying unit, 16... Recognition transport unit 29 Lower separation unit 41 Accumulation tank 41B Discharge port 41P Attraction point 42 Discharge door 42A Door portion 42F Door rotating shaft 43 Discharge door drive unit 43M Discharge door drive motor 45 Incline disc 45G Gear 45S Disc surface 46 Disc drive unit 46G Disc drive gear 46M Disc drive motor 47 Separation protrusion 5 0...coin stacking space 51...conveying section 70...manual operating section 71...manual operating section frame 72...rotating shaft 73...interlocking gear 74...operation knob 75...torque limiter 76, 276, 376, 476, 576...foreign matter attracting section 77, 277, 377...movable bracket 77D...magnet holding section 78...magnet 79...magnet holding member 80, 280, 380, 4 80, 580... Transition part 275... Solenoid 377P... Interlocking projection 390... Magnetic shielding part 391... Magnetic shielding plate 475... Interlocking gear 477, 577... Bracket 479... Fan-shaped gear 479X... Rotating shaft 575... Interlocking disc 579... Spring 580... Transition part 590... Angle control part 591... Cam plate 591H... Cam hole 592... Shaft , CN...coin, J...foreign matter, W...conveyance path.

Claims (15)

a coin stacking unit including a cover made of a non-magnetic material for forming a stacking space and stacking a plurality of coins in the stacking space;
a separating feeding unit that separates and feeds out the coins stacked in the stacking space;
a foreign matter adsorption unit that adsorbs foreign matter that is accumulated in the accumulation space and is different from the coin;
a transition section outside the stacking space that changes a state so that at least a part of the foreign object adsorption section approaches or separates from the cover;
The transition unit causes the foreign matter in the stacking space to be attracted to a suction portion of the cover in a suction state in which the foreign matter suction portion is brought close to the cover, and cancels the suction of the foreign matter to the suction portion in a non-suction state in which the foreign matter suction portion is separated from the cover. The separation delivery part is
a rotating body having a disk surface facing the accumulation space and rotatable with respect to the accumulation space;
a projection protruding from the disk surface toward the accumulation space;
a rotating body driving unit configured to rotate the rotating body in a forward rotation direction, which is a direction in which the rotating body should be rotated when the coins stacked in the stacking space are separated, or in a reverse rotation direction opposite thereto;
The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transition portion brings the foreign matter adsorption portion closer to or away from the adsorption location by a driving force supplied from the rotating body drive portion. 3. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the transition section moves the foreign matter attracting section closer to the cover when the rotating body driving section rotates the rotating body in the forward direction, and separates the foreign matter attracting section from the cover when rotating the rotating body in the reverse direction. The separation delivery unit further includes an operation knob that rotates in conjunction with the rotating body,
4. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the transition portion brings the foreign matter adsorption portion closer to the cover or separates the foreign matter adsorption portion from the cover as the operation knob rotates. The coin stacking unit includes:
a discharge port formed in the vicinity of the lower end of the accumulation space and communicating the accumulation space with an external space;
a discharge door that closes the discharge port;
a discharge door driving unit that drives the discharge door to close or open the discharge port,
The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transition portion brings the foreign object adsorption portion closer to or away from the cover by a driving force supplied from the discharge door driving portion. 6. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the transition portion brings the foreign matter adsorption portion closer to the cover when the ejection door drive portion drives the ejection door to close the ejection port, and separates the foreign matter adsorption portion from the cover when the ejection port is opened. The coin processing device according to claim 1, wherein the foreign matter attracting portion is a magnet. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the transition section transitions to the attraction state or the non-adsorption state by moving at least one of an attraction section magnetic body having magnetism and the magnet. The attraction part magnetic body is located on the side opposite to the attraction part across the magnet in the attraction state,
The coin processing device according to claim 8, wherein the transition portion moves the magnet and the attraction portion magnetic body integrally. 9. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the transition section moves the magnetic body of the magnetic attraction part to a position away from between the magnetic attraction point and the foreign matter attraction part in the attraction state, and moves the magnetic body of the attraction part between the attraction point and the foreign matter attraction part in the non-adsorption state. 11. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the transition portion moves the magnet to the vicinity of the attraction point in the attracting state, and separates the magnet from the attraction point in the non-attracting state. 2. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the suction point is set on the cover at a position equal to or above an uppermost portion of the coins stacked in the stacking space. a conveying unit that conveys the coins fed by the separation feeding unit;
The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the suction point is set on the cover at a position between a lower end of the stacking space and the transport section. The separation delivery part is
a rotating body having a disk surface facing the accumulation space and rotatable with respect to the accumulation space;
a protrusion protruding from the disk surface toward the accumulation space,
14. The coin processing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein, in the adsorbed state, the foreign matter attracting portion is separated from the disk surface by a distance corresponding to the thickness of the coin or more with respect to the normal direction of the disk surface. an operation unit that receives a user's operation;
A cash handling apparatus comprising the coin handling apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 14.

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